INSTITUTE OF ARCTIC BIOLOGY

VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT for UAKJOBS

*Required information is denoted with an asterisk.

*Justification for the Position:

Assignment Information:______Regular

______Term Fund

______Temporary

______Faculty

*Title:

*Supervisor:

*Supervisor Phone #:

*Supervisor Email:

*Type of Recruitment:______Regular

______Direct Hire (Will need to provide Memo justifying a specific person for direct hire)

______Emergency Hire

______Seasonal Hire

*Internal Applicants Only:______Yes_____ No

*Employment Type:______Staff

______Student(must be enrolled in at least 6 credits, during academic can only work 20/wk)

______Temp

______Post Doc

*Assignment Type:______Full-time

______Part-time

If part-time, list hours per week:

Months per Year:

Job Duration:

Single or Pool Position?______Single______Pool

Salary:

There is a new salary schedulefor Temporary staff:

Student Assistant C start at $10.50, NRA post-docs must start at $41,329.60/ year. Third year post-docs move to a union represented status.)

*Posting and Job Description Summary: (this is used to entice applicants to apply for your position)

*Knowledge, skills and abilities required:

*Typical education or training required:

*Length of time & type of experience required:

Preferred knowledge, skills or abilities for this position:

*Duties of position:

*Funding (fund/org and/or project name):

*Advertising: (list places you would like to advertise and the funding source for the ad)

Also the following items needs to be completed:

  1. Preliminary Screening questions
  2. Intermediate Screening questions
  3. Interview Questions
  4. Reference Questions

The pages that follow show some samples of questions. Please customize them to your position.

Note: You may add more questions, if desired.

For direct hires, only the preliminary questions must be completed.

PRELIMINARY SCREENING

These questions are posted online with your job posting.

Note: These questions can be set to disqualify applicants who do not possess the basic knowledge, skills, abilities, or training that are advertised as required for the position. However, applicants may not be eliminated for knowledge/skills/abilities/training that is advertised a preferred.

  1. Have you taken at least one college-level Biology course?
  1. Are you able to work weekends?
  1. Do you have experience entering data into electronic spreadsheets?

Applicant Name: ______JOB#:______Posting #: ______

Screened By: ______Date: ______

INTERMEDIATE SCREENING

PLEASE PLACE NUMBER SCORES ALONG WITH COMMENTS

Evaluate the applicant’s qualifications on the following scale:

Provide detailed comments (in blue or black ink only) in addition to a score for each question.

  1. Field experience, gained thorough academic courses, independent research projects, volunteer experience, or employment.

Very Strong (5) / Strong (4) / Average (3) / Weak (2) / Very Weak (0-1)

Comments

  1. Coursework and/or field experience in hydrology, ecosystem ecology, or statistics at advanced undergraduate level.

Very Strong (5) / Strong (4) / Average (3) / Weak (2) / Very Weak (0-1)

Comments

  1. Experience with data collection, recording, and analysis.

Very Strong (5) / Strong (4) / Average (3) / Weak (2) / Very Weak (0-1)

Comments

  1. Experience working as a team member.

Very Strong (5) / Strong (4) / Average (3) / Weak (2) / Very Weak (0-1)

Comments

  1. Experience working in remote conditions.

Very Strong (5) / Strong (4) / Average (3) / Weak (2) / Very Weak (0-1)

Comments

Applicant Name: ______JOB#:______Posting #: ______

Screened By: ______Date: ______

INTERVIEW QUESTIONS

PLEASE PLACE NUMBER SCORES ALONG WITH COMMENTS

Evaluate the applicant’s qualifications on the following scale:

Provide detailed comments (in blue or black ink only) in addition to a score for each question.

  1. Describe your background in hydrology or ecosystem ecology.

Very Strong (5) / Strong (4) / Average (3) / Weak (2) / Very Weak (0-1)

Comments:

  1. Explain how position fits your career aspirations. What aspects of the position do you find most exciting? Why?

Very Strong (5) / Strong (4) / Average (3) / Weak (2) / Very Weak (0-1)

Comments:

  1. Describe your fieldwork experience. What skills have you developed from this experience?

Very Strong (5) / Strong (4) / Average (3) / Weak (2) / Very Weak (0-1)

Comments:

  1. Describe an experience working as a team member or research team. What aspects of your experience or your approach to working with people do you feel is most important in promoting effective group interactions?

Very Strong (5) / Strong (4) / Average (3) / Weak (2) / Very Weak (0-1)

Comments:

  1. Describe your experience working in adverse weather conditions.

Very Strong (5) / Strong (4) / Average (3) / Weak (2) / Very Weak (0-1)

Comments:

Applicant Name: ______JOB#:______Posting #: ______

Screened By: ______Date: ______

INTERVIEW QUESTIONS

PLEASE PLACE NUMBER SCORES ALONG WITH COMMENTS

Evaluate the applicant’s qualifications on the following scale:

Provide detailed comments (in blue or black ink only) in addition to a score for each question.

  1. What are your views on the use of the animals in biomedical or biological research? Do you have any reservations about projects that work with research animals?

Very Strong (5) / Strong (4) / Average (3) / Weak (2) / Very Weak (0-1)

Comments:

  1. Are you able and willing to lift approximately 50 pounds?

Very Strong (5) / Strong (4) / Average (3) / Weak (2) / Very Weak (0-1)

Comments:

  1. Describe an experience that required you to perform rapidly and with a high degree of accuracy.

Very Strong (5) / Strong (4) / Average (3) / Weak (2) / Very Weak (0-1)

Comments:

Applicant Name: ______JOB#:______Posting #: ______

Screened By: ______Date: ______

REFERENCE QUESTIONS

Provide detailed comments (in blue or black ink only) for each question.

Reference’s Name:______

  1. In what capacity have you known the applicant and for how long?
  1. What can you tell me about the applicant’s academic abilities?
  1. What can you tell me about the applicant’s work habits, abilities, motivation, enthusiasm, and maturity?
  1. Would this applicant be suited well for fieldwork in Alaska?
  1. Would this applicant be suited well for living and working in a small group setting without much privacy?
  1. What can you tell me about the applicant’s ability to work well by him or herself, and work well in a group?

with others?

  1. What is really outstanding about this applicant?
  1. Do you have any reservations about this applicant? If so what are they?
  1. Would you hire this applicant again?